CF vs. MOS, SMG, IPI, AVD, NTR, ICL, UAN, BIOX, CBUS, and ENFY
Should you be buying CF Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CF Industries include Mosaic (MOS), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Intrepid Potash (IPI), American Vanguard (AVD), Nutrien (NTR), ICL Group (ICL), CVR Partners (UAN), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Cibus (CBUS), and Enlightify (ENFY).
CF Industries vs.
CF Industries (NYSE:CF) and Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, dividends, profitability, valuation, risk, media sentiment and analyst recommendations.
CF Industries received 99 more outperform votes than Mosaic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.55% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 55.04% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote.
CF Industries has a net margin of 20.52% compared to Mosaic's net margin of 3.24%. CF Industries' return on equity of 15.50% beat Mosaic's return on equity.
CF Industries currently has a consensus target price of $89.86, indicating a potential upside of 16.86%. Mosaic has a consensus target price of $32.67, indicating a potential upside of 18.21%. Given Mosaic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Mosaic is more favorable than CF Industries.
In the previous week, Mosaic had 8 more articles in the media than CF Industries. MarketBeat recorded 33 mentions for Mosaic and 25 mentions for CF Industries. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.44 beat Mosaic's score of 0.98 indicating that CF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the media.
CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.88 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. CF Industries pays out 29.5% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Mosaic pays out 160.0% of its earnings in the form of a dividend, suggesting it may not have sufficient earnings to cover its dividend payment in the future.
93.1% of CF Industries shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 77.5% of Mosaic shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.4% of CF Industries shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.9% of Mosaic shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
CF Industries has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Mosaic. CF Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mosaic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
CF Industries has a beta of 0.99, meaning that its stock price is 1% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Mosaic has a beta of 1.34, meaning that its stock price is 34% more volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
CF Industries beats Mosaic on 11 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:CF) was last updated on 3/25/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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